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“I struggled with maybe I should have stayed away.”
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“I remember feeling so in the dark as a student.”
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“We looked like a very scary situation coming in there. And we turned into a party people wanted to join.”
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“I knew I was a girl. And so that weekend, I got to be me.”
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“This year, I'm the age she was when she disappeared.”
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Stories of Hope and Renewal

Find comfort in these inspiring voices.

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Marking the Distance

Marking the Distance
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"It was so hard to watch these babies—they would have tremors; they’re inconsolable. And we couldn’t fix it."
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"It was so hard to watch these babies—they would have tremors; they’re inconsolable. And we couldn’t fix it."
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“When I took you home, I didn’t know how to feel.”
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“When I took you home, I didn’t know how to feel.”
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“It was our third date before we saw each other dressed.”
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“It was our third date before we saw each other dressed.”

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Chloe Longfellow
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Just Like Yesterday
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The Spirit of Generosity

Stories celebrating kindness and forgiveness.

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“I went through 39 years of incarceration because of some things that you put in motion.”
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“I went through 39 years of incarceration because of some things that you put in motion.”

Rickey Jackson, convicted of a murder he didn’t commit, talks with Eddie Vernon, the man whose false testimony led to Rickey’s incarceration.
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Julio Diaz

Julio Diaz

Julio Diaz recalls his unusual response to being held up at knifepoint as he was returning home from work. Presented with Upworthy, he is, #WhoWeAre.
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"You can hear the shopping cart coming down the sidewalk."

"You can hear the shopping cart coming down the sidewalk."

Herman Travis speaks with his neighbor Robert Cochran about delivering food to elderly and disabled residents of his housing complex.
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A Second Chance
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A Second Chance

While serving time for robbing a bank, Darius Clark Monroe decided to made the decision to apologize to the people who were there that day, including David Ned. Seventeen years later, they sat down for a conversation.
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